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16 U.S.C. § 1247 — State and local area recreation and historic trails
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**(a) Secretary of the Interior to encourage States, political subdivisions, and private interests; financial assistance for State and local projects** The Secretary of the Interior is directed to encourage States to consider, in their comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plans and proposals for financial assistance for State and local projects submitted pursuant to chapter 2003 of title 54, needs and opportunities for establishing park, forest, and other recreation and historic trails on lands owned or administered by States, and recreation and historic trails on lands in or near urban areas. The Secretary is also directed to encourage States to consider, in their comprehensive statewide historic preservation plans and proposals for financial assistance for State, local, and private projects submitted pursuant to division A of subtitle III of title 54, needs and opportunities for establishing historic trails. He is further directed, in accordance with the authority contained in chapter 2003 of title 54),11 So in original. The closing parenthesis preceding the comma probably should not appear. See 2014 Amendment note below. to encourage States, political subdivisions, and private interests, including nonprofit organizations, to establish such trails.
**(b) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to encourage metropolitan and other urban areas; administrative and financial assistance in connection with recreation and transportation planning; administration of urban open-space program** The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is directed, in administering the program of comprehensive urban planning and assistance under section 701 22 See References in Text note below. of the Housing Act of 1954, to encourage the planning of recreation trails in connection
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**(a) Secretary of the Interior to encourage States, political subdivisions, and private interests; financial assistance for State and local projects** The Secretary of the Interior is directed to encourage States to consider, in their comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plans and proposals for financial assistance for State and local projects submitted pursuant to chapter 2003 of title 54, needs and opportunities for establishing park, forest, and other recreation and historic trails on lands owned or administered by States, and recreation and historic trails on lands in or near urban areas. The Secretary is also directed to encourage States to consider, in their comprehensive statewide historic preservation plans and proposals for financial assistance for State, local, and private projects submitted pursuant to division A of subtitle III of title 54, needs and opportunities for establishing historic trails. He is further directed, in accordance with the authority contained in chapter 2003 of title 54),11 So in original. The closing parenthesis preceding the comma probably should not appear. See 2014 Amendment note below. to encourage States, political subdivisions, and private interests, including nonprofit organizations, to establish such trails.
**(b) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to encourage metropolitan and other urban areas; administrative and financial assistance in connection with recreation and transportation planning; administration of urban open-space program** The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is directed, in administering the program of comprehensive urban planning and assistance under section 701 22 See References in Text note below. of the Housing Act of 1954, to encourage the planning of recreation trails in connection with the recreation and transportation planning for metropolitan and other urban areas. He is further directed, in administering the urban open-space program under title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 [[42 U.S.C. 1500](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1500&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], to encourage such recreation trails.
**(c) Secretary of Agriculture to encourage States, local agencies, and private interests** The Secretary of Agriculture is directed, in accordance with authority vested in him, to encourage States and local agencies and private interests to establish such trails.
**(d) Interim use of railroad rights-of-way** The Secretary of Transportation, the Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board, and the Secretary of the Interior, in administering the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 ([45 U.S.C. 801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title45-section801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and chapter 224 of title 49, shall encourage State and local agencies and private interests to establish appropriate trails using the provisions of such programs. Consistent with the purposes of that Act, and in furtherance of the national policy to preserve established railroad rights-of-way for future reactivation of rail service, to protect rail transportation corridors, and to encourage energy efficient transportation use, in the case of interim use of any established railroad rights-of-way pursuant to donation, transfer, lease, sale, or otherwise in a manner consistent with this chapter, if such interim use is subject to restoration or reconstruction for railroad purposes, such interim use shall not be treated, for purposes of any law or rule of law, as an abandonment of the use of such rights-of-way for railroad purposes. If a State, political subdivision, or qualified private organization is prepared to assume full responsibility for management of such rights-of-way and for any legal liability arising out of such transfer or use, and for the payment of any and all taxes that may be levied or assessed against such rights-of-way, then the Board shall impose such terms and conditions as a requirement of any transfer or conveyance for interim use in a manner consistent with this chapter, and shall not permit abandonment or discontinuance inconsistent or disruptive of such use.
**(e) Designation and marking of trails; approval of Secretary of the Interior** Such trails may be designated and suitably marked as parts of the nationwide system of trails by the States, their political subdivisions, or other appropriate administering agencies with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
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**(a) Prohibition on new grants or loans after January 1, 1975; exceptions** Except with respect to projects and programs for which funds have been previously committed, no new grants or loans shall be made after January 1, 1975, under (1) title I of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 [[42 U.S.C. 3301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], (2) title I of the Housing Act of 1949 [[42 U.S.C. 1450](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1450&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] (3) section 702 or section 703 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 [[42 U.S.C. 3102](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3102&num=0&edition=prelim) or 3103], (4) title II of the Housing Amendments of 1955 [[42 U.S.C. 1491](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1491&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or (5) title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 [[42 U.S.C. 1500](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1500&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(b) Final date in fiscal year for submission of application for grant; establishment by Secretary** In the case of funds available for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall not consider any statement under [section 5304(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5304/a&num=0&edition=prelim), unless such statement is submitted on or prior to such date as the Secretary shall establish as the final date for submission of statements for that year.
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**(a) Establishment.—** The Surface Transportation Board is an independent establishment of the United States Government.
**(b) Membership.—**
(1) The Board shall consist of 5 members, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than 3 members may be appointed from the same political party.
(2) At all times—
(A) at least 3 members of the Board shall be individuals with professional standing and demonstrated knowledge in the fields of transportation, transportation regulation, or economic regulation; and
(B) at least 2 members shall be individuals with professional or business experience (including agriculture) in the private sector.
(3) The term of each member of the Board shall be 5 years and shall begin when the term of the predecessor of that member ends. An individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the predecessor of that individual was appointed, shall be appointed for the remainder of that term. When the term of office of a member ends, the member may continue to serve until a successor is appointed and qualified, but for a period not to exceed one year. The President may remove a member for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
(4) No individual may serve as a member of the Board for more than 2 terms. In the case of an individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the predecessor of that individual was appointed, such individual may not be appointed for more than one additional term.
(5) A member of the Board may not have a pecuniary interest in, hold an official relation to, or own stock in or bonds of, a carrier providing transportation by any mode and may not engage in another busines
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall collect and maintain information regarding early defaults on mortgages as provided under this section. The Secretary shall make such information available for public inspection upon request. Information shall be collected quarterly with respect to each applicable collection period (as such term is defined in subsection (c)) and shall be available for inspection not more than 30 days after the conclusion of the calendar quarter relating to each such period. Information shall first be made available under this section for the applicable collection period relating to the first calendar quarter ending more than 180 days after November 28, 1990.
**(b) Contents**
(1) **Mortgage lender analysis** — Information collected under this section shall include, for each lender originating mortgages during the applicable collection period that are insured pursuant to [section 1709 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1709&num=0&edition=prelim) and secured by property in a designated census tract, the following information with respect to such mortgages:
(A) The name of the lender and the number of each designated census tract in which the lender originated 1 or more such mortgages during the applicable collection period.
(B) The total number of such mortgages originated by such lender during the applicable collection period in each designated census tract and the number of mortgages originated each year in each designated census tract.
(C) The total number of defaults and foreclosures on such mortgages during the applicable collection period in each designated census tract and the number of defaults and foreclosures in each designated census tract in
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**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this Act and chapter 224 of title 49, United States Code, is to provide the means to rehabilitate and maintain the physical facilities, improve the operations and structure, and restore the financial stability of the railway system of the United States, and to promote the revitalization of such railway system, so that this mode of transportation will remain viable in the private sector of the economy and will be able to provide energy-efficient, ecologically compatible transportation services with greater efficiency, effectiveness, and economy, through—
(1) ratemaking and regulatory reform;
(2) the encouragement of efforts to restructure the system on a more economically justified basis, including planning authority in the Secretary of Transportation, an expedited procedure for determining whether merger and consolidation applications are in the public interest, and continuing reorganization authority;
(3) financing mechanisms that will assure adequate rehabilitation and improvement of facilities and equipment, implementation of the final system plan, and implementation of the Northeast Corridor project;
(4) transitional continuation of service on light-density rail lines that are necessary to continued employment and community well-being throughout the United States;
(5) auditing, accounting, reporting, and other requirements to protect Federal funds and to assure repayment of loans and financial responsibility; and
(6) necessary studies.
**(b) Policy** The policy of this Act and chapter 224 of title 49, United States Code, is to—
(1) balance the needs of carriers, shippers, and the public;
(2) foster competition among all carriers by railroad and other modes of transportation, to promote more adequate and efficient transportatio
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1247
1 So in original. The closing parenthesis preceding the comma
probably should not appear. See 2014 Amendment note below.
2 See References in Text note below.
that direct Federal acquisition for trail purposes be
limited to high potential route segments or high poten-
tial historic sites and that no land or site located along
a designated national historic trail or along the Conti-
nental Divide Scenic Trail be subject to the provisions
of section 1653(f) of title 49 unless that land be deemed
to be of historical significance under appropriate his-
torical site criteria such as those for the National Reg-
ister of Historic Places.
Pub. L. 95–248, § 1(4), substituted ‘‘an average of one
hundred and twenty-five acres per mile’’ for ‘‘twenty-
five acres in any one mile’’, and struck out limitation
on exercise of authority with respect to a connecting
trail right-of-way.
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 95–625, § 551(17), substituted
‘‘recreation, national scenic, or national historic’’ for
‘‘recreation or scenic’’ in first sentence, and inserted
‘‘or national historic’’ after ‘‘scenic’’ in second sen-
tence.
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 95–625, § 551(17), substituted
‘‘recreation, national scenic, or national historic’’ for
‘‘recreation or scenic’’.
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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official
in Department of the Interior related to compliance
with system activities requiring coordination and ap-
proval under this chapter and such functions of Sec-
retary or other official in Department of Agriculture,
insofar as they involve lands and programs under juris-
diction of that Department, related to compliance with
this chapter with respect to pre-construction, construc-
tion, and init
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Page 4817
TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§§ 1500 to 1500b
(5) Remedies for noncompliance
(A) Judicial intervention
If a person or entity fails to comply with
a final determination by the Secretary im-
posing a civil monetary penalty under this
subsection, the Secretary may request the
Attorney General of the United States to
bring an action in an appropriate United
States district court to obtain a monetary
judgment against such individual or entity
and such other relief as may be available.
The monetary judgment may, in the court’s
discretion, include the attorney’s fees and
other expenses incurred by the United States
in connection with the action.
(B) Reviewability of determination
In an action under this paragraph, the va-
lidity and appropriateness of a determina-
tion by the Secretary imposing the penalty
shall not be subject to review.
(July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, § 543, as added Pub.
L. 106–569, title VII, § 708(a), Dec. 27, 2000, 114
Stat. 3016.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Enactment of this section, referred to in subsec.
(b)(3)(B)(ii), means enactment of Pub. L. 106–569, which
enacted this section and was approved Dec. 27, 2000.
§ 1490t. Indian tribes
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42
U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) and title VIII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall
not apply to actions by federally recognized In-
dian tribes (including instrumentalities of such
Indian tribes) under this Act.
(July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, § 544, as added Pub.
L. 109–136, § 4, Dec. 22, 2005, 119 Stat. 2644.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in text, is
Pub. L. 88–352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 241. Title VI of the
Act is classified generally to subch
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Page 220
TITLE 45—RAILROADS
§ 797l
1 See References in Text note below.
principally to chapter 8 (§ 151 et seq.) of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see sec-
tion 151 of this title and Tables.
§ 797l. Class II railroads receiving Federal assist-
ance
The Surface Transportation Board shall im-
pose no labor protection conditions in approving
an application under section 10902 of title 49
when the application involves a Class II rail car-
rier which—
(1) is headquartered in a State, and operates
in at least one State, with a population of less
than 1,000,000 persons, as determined by the
1990 census; and
(2) has, as of January 1, 1996, been a recipient
of repayable Federal Railroad Administration
assistance in excess of $5,000,000.
(Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 713, as added Pub. L.
104–88, title III, § 327(5)(A), formerly § 327(5), Dec.
29, 1995, 109 Stat. 952, renumbered Pub. L.
104–287, § 6(f)(4)(B), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3399.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 797l, Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 713, as
added Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95
Stat. 668, authorized appropriations to carry out activi-
ties for protection of employees of Consolidated Rail
Corporation, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–509, title IV,
§ 4033(a)(2), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1908.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of Pub. L.
104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of Title 49,
Transportation.
§ 797m. Arbitration
Any dispute or controversy with respect to the
interpretation, application, or enforcement of
the provisions of this subchapter, except sec-
tions 797b, 797c, 797g, and 797l 1 of this title, or
section 1144 of the N
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